North Carolina's 10th congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025 | |
Representative | |
Population (2023) | 774,062 [1] |
Median household income | $65,580 [1] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+9 [2] |
North Carolina's 10th congressional district is a congressional district in central and western North Carolina. It currently includes all of Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, and Yadkin counties, and most of Forsyth County including much of the city of Winston-Salem. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+9. [2]
Republicans have won the district continuously since 1969, and the last Democrat to win this district was Basil Whitener who represented it from 1963 to 1969. Republican Pat Harrigan has represented the district since 2025.
The 10th district was part of the controversial statewide redistricting by the Republican-led state legislature in 2011. [3] The district's northwest border was redrawn to include most of heavily Democratic Asheville, long the heart of the 11th district. At the same time, some heavily Republican areas in the 10th were shifted to the 11th. While this made the 10th approximately seven points more Democratic, it was not nearly enough to overcome the heavy Republican tilt in the western Charlotte suburbs.
On February 23, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court had approved a new map to only be used for the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections which changed the 10th district boundaries to include Alexander, Burke, northwest Gaston County, eastern Rutherford County and a small section of southeastern Caldwell County. [4]
On October 25, 2023 the North Carolina General Assembly passed a new congressional map [5] [6] [7] for the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections to include Yadkin county, and most of Forsyth County including much of Winston-Salem, shifting the normally heavily Republican district's Cook Partisan Voting Index from R+22 to R+9. The district has historically been the most Republican district in the state and normally the most exurban in character. Despite its Democratic shift of thirteen points, it is still considered one of the most Republican districts in North Carolina.
For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 legislative session), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities. [8] [9] [10]
Catawba County (11)
Forsyth County (9)
Iredell County (8)
Lincoln County (7)
Yadkin County (5)
Year | Office | Results [11] |
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2008 | President | McCain 54% - 45% |
Senate | Dole 49% - 48% | |
Governor | McCrory 55% - 43% | |
2010 | Senate | Burr 62% - 36% |
2012 | President | Romney 57% - 43% |
Governor | McCrory 62% - 36% | |
2014 | Senate | Tillis 55% - 41% |
2016 | President | Trump 57% - 39% |
Senate | Burr 58% - 38% | |
Governor | McCrory 54% - 43% | |
Lt. Governor | Forest 59% - 38% | |
Secretary of State | LaPaglia 55% - 45% | |
Auditor | Stuber 57% - 43% | |
Attorney General | Newton 56% - 44% | |
Treasurer | Folwell 60% - 40% | |
2020 | President | Trump 57% - 41% |
Senate | Tillis 56% - 40% | |
Governor | Forest 54% - 44% | |
Lt. Governor | Robinson 59% - 41% | |
Secretary of State | Sykes 57% - 43% | |
Auditor | Street 57% - 43% | |
Attorney General | O'Neill 58% - 42% | |
Treasurer | Folwell 60% - 40% | |
2022 | Senate | Budd 58% - 39% |
2024 | President | Trump 58% - 41% |
Governor | Stein 48% - 46% | |
Lt. Governor | Weatherman 55% - 42% | |
Secretary of State | Brown 57% - 43% | |
Auditor | Boliek 59% - 41% | |
Attorney General | Bishop 56% - 44% | |
Treasurer | Briner 60% - 40% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Patrick McHenry (incumbent) | 190,826 | 57.0 | |
Democratic | Patsy Keever | 144,023 | 43.0 | |
Total votes | 334,849 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Patrick McHenry (incumbent) | 133,504 | 61.0 | |
Democratic | Tate MacQueen | 85,292 | 39.0 | |
Total votes | 218,796 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Patrick McHenry (incumbent) | 220,825 | 63.1 | |
Democratic | Andy Millard | 128,919 | 36.9 | |
Total votes | 349,744 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Patrick McHenry (incumbent) | 164,969 | 59.3 | |
Democratic | David Wilson Brown | 113,259 | 40.7 | |
Total votes | 278,228 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Patrick McHenry (incumbent) | 284,095 | 68.9 | |
Democratic | David Parker | 128,189 | 31.1 | |
Total votes | 412,284 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Patrick McHenry (incumbent) | 194,681 | 72.59 | ||
Democratic | Pam Genant | 73,174 | 27.28 | ||
Write-in | 352 | 0.13 | |||
Total votes | 268,207 | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Pat Harrigan | 233,814 | 57.49 | ||
Democratic | Ralph R. Scott, Jr. | 155,383 | 38.21 | ||
Libertarian | Steven Feldman | 11,614 | 2.86 | ||
Constitution | Todd Helm | 5,884 | 1.45 | ||
Total votes | 406,695 | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold |